Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 133565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baddeck
Dingwall
Iona
McMillan Brook
Middle River

Latitude: 46°21'49"N
Longitude: 60°40'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.363611111111,-60.677222222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Danburite	Fluorite
Gypsum	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur
Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Danburite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Helvine ()*	Howlite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Sr Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Danburite Fluorite
Gypsum Humite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Sulphur
Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	340	340	2	31381,31383	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	31384	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	31384,31385	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	31384	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	340	340	3	31381,31383,31384	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	340	340	1	31381	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	31384,31385	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			1	31384	285
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	340	340	1	31383	148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	31384	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	31384	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	31384	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	31385	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	31385	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	340	340	2	31381,31383	6890
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	31384	237
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	340	340	2	31381,31383	36
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	31384	1507
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	31384	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)			1	31384	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	31384	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	31385	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	31384	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	31385	485
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄			1	31385	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	31384,31385	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	31384,31385	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	31384,31385	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	31384	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	31384	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	31385	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	31384	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	340	340	1	31381	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	31384	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	31384	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	31384	2562
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	340	340	1	31381	160
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	31384	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	31384	1247

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00198	340	340	Lower Carboniferous										Cu	233500	Dingwall, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Dingwall	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00232	340	340	Lower Carboniferous										Cu	233499	Iona, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Iona	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050588	Bras D'Or Lake Howlite Locality, Iona, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050588

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